Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deciding to undergo a hysterectomy wasn't a simple choice for Melody Brown. Before going under the knife, she first weighed many ...

Hysterectomies are among the most common surgeries performed, with more than 400,000 people undergoing a hysterectomy every year in the U.S. However, they're also perhaps one of the most misunderstood ...

An emotional Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi announced on Friday that she underwent a hysterectomy operation to treat Stage 1 cervical cancer, months after first disclosing her diagnosis.

Hysterectomy is the second most common surgery for women in their reproductive years, right after cesarean section. Nearly 68% of these surgeries are done to address non-cancerous conditions such as ...

BBC Presenter Emma Barnett recently disclosed that she is recovering from an extensive gallbladder and endometriosis surgery ...

For people with low-risk, early-stage cervical cancer, a simple hysterectomy removing the uterus and cervix has similar cancer outcomes to a more invasive radical hysterectomy—all while providing ...

A “bigger stomach” and bloating are commonly reported side effects of a hysterectomy, with many possible causes, including post-surgical inflammation, gas, and hormonal changes related to uterus ...

September 1, 2015 - For women undergoing hysterectomy, removal of "hanging" abdominal fat and skin--a cosmetic procedure called panniculectomy--can be performed at the same surgery without increasing ...

A late-stage trial of women with cervical cancer at low risk of progression found that having a simple hysterectomy instead of a radical hysterectomy resulted in similar outcomes in terms of keeping ...

The ‘Jersey Shore’ star revealed in an emotional video that her uterus, cervix and “some parts” of her vagina were removed during the procedure ...